I really work my Panasonic DMR E80 to death doing all of the converting I do for myself and others, and recently my recorder started giving me fits with discs over 4x speed. I just figured that my machine was dying on me, but as it turns out, this is typical of this machine.

I wouldn't have known this if another trader hadn't told me. This discovery made my day, so I thought I'd share it with other owners. :D

the DMR series are good recorders but they do have problems as time goes on
and i have found it is cheaper to buy a new 1 then fix them when they start to go

i had 2 that started to ONLY record on certain speeds and brands of discs
3 months later they wouldnt record at all and would only play dvds
so i had to replace

:(

I have a Panasonic E80, and I successfully use 8x Maxell, if that helps you out. There is a firmware update available on the Panasonic web page - I'm downloading it now, but I'm not going to try it until I clear the contents of the hard drive, and that's not going to happen anytime soon. Let me know if you want a copy of the firmware disc, Jen.

Deb,

Thank you for being willing to do that for me! :wave:

There's no hurry as the trader I'm shortly converting for is sending me 4x discs, which will keep me in blanks for a long while. :)

My E80 also does not like 8x discs. Fortunately, you can still get Taiyo-Yuden 4x discs at a good price from supermediastore.com. They work real well in my E80.

http://supermediastore.com/taiyo-yuden-4x-dvd-r-media-silver-matte-spindles.html

John